Prior to joining Sheppard Mullin, Dr. Zha was a technical specialist at a top international IP boutique law firm, where he managed about 200 prosecution cases.

Previously, Dr. Zha was an optical engineer at a startup company working on high through-put laser-cutting of Si wafers, and worked as a research assistant at Princeton University, where he developed various optical components from IR-transparent materials. His dissertation focused on solution-processing chalcogenide materials for device applications, including various types of micron-size waveguides.